I was only able to get the "pactl list cards" from Lucid as the laptop is not physically accessible ATM and I cannot easily reboot on Precise LiveCD. I hope that's good enough for now.

Here is the information pertaining to the card in question (also in the attached log) :

Card #2
  Name: alsa_card.usb-E-MU_Systems__Inc._E-MU_0404___USB_E-MU-38-3F04-07D80409-0B038-STATION03-00-USB
  Driver: module-alsa-card.c
  Owner Module: 19
  Properties:
    alsa.card = "1"
    alsa.card_name = "E-MU 0404 | USB"
    alsa.long_card_name = "E-MU Systems, Inc. E-MU 0404 | USB at usb-0000:00:1d.7-1, high speed"
    alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
    device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:1:1.0"
    sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/sound/card1"
    udev.id = "usb-E-MU_Systems__Inc._E-MU_0404___USB_E-MU-38-3F04-07D80409-0B038-STATION03-00-USB"
    device.bus = "usb"
    device.vendor.id = "041e"
    device.vendor.name = "Creative Technology, Ltd"
    device.product.id = "3f04"
    device.product.name = "E-Mu 0404"
    device.serial = "E-MU_Systems__Inc._E-MU_0404___USB_E-MU-38-3F04-07D80409-0B038-STATION03"
    device.string = "1"
    device.description = "E-Mu 0404"
    module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
    device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb"
  Profiles:
    output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 6000)
    output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 6060)
    output:analog-stereo+input:iec958-stereo: Analog Stereo Output + Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 6055)
    output:analog-stereo+input:iec958-surround-40: Analog Stereo Output + Digital Surround 4.0 (IEC958) Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 6001)
    output:analog-surround-40: Analog Surround 4.0 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 700)
    output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 760)
    output:analog-surround-40+input:iec958-stereo: Analog Surround 4.0 Output + Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 755)
    output:analog-surround-40+input:iec958-surround-40: Analog Surround 4.0 Output + Digital Surround 4.0 (IEC958) Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 701)
    output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo Duplex (IEC958) (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 5500)
    output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 5560)
    output:iec958-stereo+input:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 5555)
    output:iec958-stereo+input:iec958-surround-40: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Digital Surround 4.0 (IEC958) Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 5501)
    output:iec958-surround-40: Digital Surround 4.0 (IEC958) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 100)
    output:iec958-surround-40+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 4.0 (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 160)
    output:iec958-surround-40+input:iec958-stereo: Digital Surround 4.0 (IEC958) Output + Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 155)
    output:iec958-surround-40+input:iec958-surround-40: Digital Surround 4.0 (IEC958) Output + Digital Surround 4.0 (IEC958) Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 101)
    input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority. 60)
    input:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority. 55)
    input:iec958-surround-40: Digital Surround 4.0 (IEC958) Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority. 1)
    off: Éteint (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority. 0)
  Active Profile: output:iec958-surround-40